13 YouTube Tricks to Make Binge-Watching a Cinch

It was way back in the dark ages of 2009 that YouTube first added support for 1080p HD videos. Since then, YouTube videos have evolved from amateur vlogs into stylish mini movies with an impressive array of effects. Of course, watching movies in the theater lets us sit back, relax and enjoy the show, while watching YouTube videos on our desktops or laptops still requires us to manually point and click to browse our favorite videos… until now. Thanks to these 13 keyboard shortcuts, you’ll be binge-watching your favorite funny cat vids with the simple push of a button.

PLAYBACK ACTIONS

Play or pause video: Spacebar (Toggle to switch between play or pause.)

Rewind five seconds: Left arrow

Fast-forward five seconds: Right arrow

Rewind 10 seconds: Ctrl+Left arrow

Fast-forward 10 seconds: Ctrl+Right arrow

Seek to a percentage of video duration: 0-9 (0 goes to the beginning of the video, 1 goes to the 10% point of the video, 2 goes to the 20% point, etc.)

Go to the beginning of the video: Home

Go to the end of the video: End

Increase volume: Up arrow

Decrease volume: Down arrow

Go to full-screen mode: F

Exit full-screen mode: Esc

Mute audio: M

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